Begin work on 1.18.2

- Add update checking
- World generation is broken
- Won't compile unless 1.18.2 is in your local Maven repository
- No longer need MiniMessage bundled in Plex
- Customizable namehistory
- Set comments in config.yml if they're missing

src/main/java/dev/plex/util/PlexUtils.java

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class PlexUtils extends PlexBase
 
     public static Component messageComponent(String entry, Object... objects)
     {
-        return MiniMessage.miniMessage().parse(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacyAmpersand().deserialize(messageString(entry, objects))));
+        return MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacyAmpersand().deserialize(messageString(entry, objects))));
     }
 
     public static String messageString(String entry, Object... objects)

src/main/java/dev/plex/util/UpdateChecker.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package dev.plex.util;
+
+import dev.plex.PlexBase;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
+
+public class UpdateChecker extends PlexBase
+{
+    private final String currentVersion = plugin.getDescription().getVersion();
+
+    public boolean check()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            String versionLink = "https://plex.us.org/updater/check/";
+            URL url = new URL(versionLink);
+            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
+            InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream());
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(isr);
+            if (!reader.ready())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            String newVersion = reader.readLine();
+            reader.close();
+
+            if (!newVersion.equals(currentVersion))
+            {
+                PlexLog.log(ChatColor.RED + "There is a new version of Plex available: " + newVersion);
+                return true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            PlexLog.error("There was an error checking for updates!");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}